Travel and venue

1. Travelling to and in Bayreuth

Adress of the venue

University of Bayreuth
95440 Bayreuth
Germany

Travelling to Bayreuth

By car
The A9 motorway (connecting Berlin and Munich) runs in a vertical line through Bayreuth. The best way to reach the University of Bayreuth is via the Bayreuth Süd exit. Bayreuth is one hour from Nuremberg via the A9 motorway.
North of Bayreuth, the A70 motorway runs west direction towards Bamberg.
The University Bayreuth offers free parking close to the conference rooms.

By train
There is a regional express train from Nuremberg to Bayreuth every 30 minutes with only a few stops in between. Nuremberg`s central main railway station offers connections to numerous German and European Cities.

A few examples:

Nuremberg – Bayreuth: 53 min
Munich – Nuremberg: 1:04 hrs
Frankfurt am Main – Nuremberg: 2:03 hrs
Wien – Nuremberg: 5:25 hrs
Paris – Nuremberg: 6:08 hrs

View the timetable for long-distance train services here.
For information on regional train, click here.

By plane

Nuremberg Airport is served by several daily flights from many European cities. From the airport, the U2 underground line provides direct access to Nuremberg’s central railway station. There is a regional train to Bayreuth every 30 minutes in the daytime.
Munich airport is also accessible, but the journey to Bayreuth is longer. The best option is to take the ICE train from Munich to Nuremberg (1 hour).

Travelling in Bayreuth

Public Transport in Bayreuth
There are several ways to get around in Bayreuth: Firstly, Bayreuth is a city of short distances. Downtown, hotels, sights etc. are close to each other. Many things can be reached by a nice walk. Cycling is also a popular way for mobility in Bayreuth. There are plenty of paths for cyclist. The university can be reached in less than ten minutes from the city center by bike.

Public Transport and infrastructure in Bayreuth are highly-developed. The buses run frequently, making it easy to explore Bayreuth without car and get to the conference venue.

City Map
Here is map of Bayreuth (PDF). The university is in the south part of Bayreuth.

2. Conference Venue

The conference will take place in building NWIII (Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth) at the university of Bayreuth, where a lecture hall (H36) and three seminar rooms are available. The Foyer in front of the rooms is used for coffee breaks. All rooms are barrier-free or accessible via a lift. Accessibility and Inclusion are of high priority to the organizers.

A PDF version of a campus map is available to download here.

Overview of the conference rooms

Conference coffee breaks, with a buffet (drinks and snacks), an evening event and poster presentations will take place in the foyer of building NWIII, directly between the conference rooms and the main entrance of the building.

Foyer in the entrance area

Foyer between the seminar rooms

Both Foyers are connected and are only shot from different angles.

Room H36 is a lecture hall with 144 seats. The lecture hall is accessible at ground level via a door to the outside, the top row of seats can be reached via lift or the foyer. The opening of the conference and keynote lectures will take place here.

room H36 lecuturer`s view

room H36 student`s view

Regular lectures of individual sections take place in three different seminar rooms. Rooms S130 and S131 each have 30 seats, room S135 has a capacity of 56 seats.

Rooms S130 and S131 are identical.

seminar room S130

seminar room S131

front view of the seminar room S135

rear view of the seminar room S135

Technical eqipment

Each of the three seminar rooms is equipped with chairs, microphones, projectors, tables, and standard software and hardware. Brought laptops can be connected, please see the pictures for details. In addition, we will try to organize one laptop for every room in order to avoid frictions between two presentations. We will keep you updated on this agenda.

The rows of seats in the lecture hall are arranged in the way that they slope towards the back to ensure good visibility for all members of the audience. There are also two projectors, a microphone and standard hardware and software. There is also a camera for recording the lectures. We intend to record the keynotes and stream them later via the homepage of CMC2025. Brought laptops can be connected, please see the pictures for details. As mentioned below, I try to organize a central laptop in every room.

overview of room H36

technical screen in room H36

Document camera in room H36